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The district of La Chanca, which was founded in the 10<sup>th</sup> century and in a state of abandonment and oblivion since the close of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, endured a situation of 'unsustainable misery', as denounced by the writer Juan Goytisolo at the beginning of the sixties in his book 'La Chanca ', forced to be spread secretly and incomplete[y and eventually published in Spain almost twenty years later. The Special Plan for Interior Improvement of La Chanca (PERI), drawn up to meet the demands of social movements in the district of La Chanca and passed in its definite version in 1990, fries to go beyond a mere intervention and improvement of the physical conditions of the neighbourhood and it establishes a proposal with a capacity to intervene in problems of a community of people and in externa1 problems that may cause situations of vulnerability: The Plan was conceived as un integrated Urban Program which not only operates on the habitat -the physical structure- but also on the inhabitants -the people who live there- from the perspective of sustainable development. From the beginning, the Plan was set up to include participation, as it was inspired by the resident association La Trai&#241;a, which also cooperated actively in its drafting. The PERI plan deals with general action in infrastructure, housing, equipment and free space, while ir maintains the resident population within its own community. Coordinated with urban-development intervention it applies Social Programs which attempt to eradicate poverty, contributing to social and labor integration of groups of people from the neighbourhood at risk of being socially excluded. Likewise, initiatives are set forth which pay attention to social and cultural variety and which promote ethnic equality. dedicated particularly to the gypsy community and Maghrebi immigrants. At the same time, intervention programs are developed for women, health prevention and sexual education. Having access to decent housing, health, will be the first objetive<br><br>El barrio de La Chanca, originado en el siglo X y sumido en el abandono y el olvido desde finales del XIX. manten&#237;a una situaci&#243;n de "miseria insostenible" denunciada por el escritor Juan Goytisolo a comienzos de los a&#241;os sesenta en su libro "La Chanca", forzosamente difundido de modo clandestino e incompleto y publicado en Espa&#241;a casi veinte a&#241;os despu&#233;s. El Plan Especial de Reforma Interior de La Chanca (PERI), redactado atendiendo a las demandas de los movimientos sociales del barrio de La Chanca y aprobado definitivamente en 1990, intenta superar la mera intervenci&#243;n de mejora del estado f&#237;sico del barrio y constituye una propuesta con capacidad para intervenir sobre los problemas del colectivo humano y sobre los problemas externos que puedan originar situaciones de vulnerabilidad. El Plan se concibi&#243; como un Programa Urbano Integrado que opera tanto sobre el continente -la estructura f&#237;sica- como sobre el contenido -el substrato humano que lo habita- desde la perspectiva del desarrollo sostenible. Desde su inicio el Plan se ide&#243; de una forma participativa, impulsado por la asociaci&#243;n de vecinos La Trai&#241;a, que tambi&#233;n cooper&#243; activamente en su redacci&#243;n. El PERI aborda actuaciones globales en infraestructuras. viviendas, equipamientos y espacios libres, manteniendo a la poblaci&#243;n residente en su propia comunidad, y aplica Programas Sociales que, coordinados con la intervenci&#243;n urban&#237;stica. tratan de erradicar la pobreza contribuyendo a la integraci&#243;n socio-laboral de los colectivos del barrio en riesgo de exclusi&#243;n social. Asimismo se desarrollan iniciativas que atienden a la diversidad social y cultural y promueven la igualdad de g&#233;nero, dirigidas particularmente a la comunidad gitana e inmigrantes magrebies, a la vez que se desarrollan programas de intervenci&#243;n con mujeres. preventivos de salud y educaci&#243;n sexual. El acceso a una vivienda digna, la salud, la educaci&#243;n. el trabajo y la formaci&#243;n ocupacional como derechos sociales .son objetivos prioritarios del Plan